neck

Definition

An organism subdivision that extends from the head to the pectoral girdle, encompassing the cervical vertebral column.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• atlas
• axis
• back of neck
• fifth cervical vertebra
• fourth cervical vertebra
• seventh cervical vertebra
• sixth cervical vertebra
• third cervical vertebra

Neighbouring structures

• body compartment
• trunk

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Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

TA2

123

TA98

A01.1.00.012

FMA

7155

UBERON

0000974

Wikidata

Q9633